Monument Of Armenian Alphabet

'Letters'Park'monument is devoted to the creation of the Armenian alphabet. It was built in 2005 on the eastern slope of Aragats mountain. The Park consists of 39 stone carved statues of the Armenian letters.
As planned by the architect Jim Torosyan, the monument was founded to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet creation. The Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtots in 405-406 in order to make the Bible available to simple people. Mashtots's alphabet had only 36 letters; another 3 letters were added in the Middle Ages.
Besides the letters there are also other sculptures in the Park – 'Tumanyan with his heroes', 'Grigor Lusavorich', 'Creation of the letters 405', 'Khachatur Abovyan'and 'Mkhitar Gosh'.
Little bit uphill from the monument a 33 meter high cross was erected that symbolizes Jesus Christ's age at the time he was crucified. It consists of 1711 big and small metal crosses that symbolize the age of the Christian Armenia. The cross is placed on a 301cm high altar that symbolizes the year when Christianity became the official religion in Armenia. At the time of the construction it was planned that another cross would be added to the Holy Cross every year.

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